American Copper Mine

Prospect in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400531
Record type Site
Current site name American Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.154, 41.002 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Foxpark(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Laramie(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 012N 078W 16 SW4 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Azurite Ore

Analytical data

Result Recent sample of granite assayed 1.4% Cu and 3.0 opt Ag.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.154, 41.002

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • Shaft has been filled and buried.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hausel, W.D., 1993, Guide to the geology, mining districts, and ghost towns of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Snowy Range Scenic Byway: Geological Survey of Wyoming Public Information Circular No. 32, 53 p.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-JAN-11 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.